Editing Pool Forge Covered Bridge (section)

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|locale        = Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
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|design        = single span, double [[Burr arch truss]]
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|builder       = [[Levi Fink]] and [[Elias McMellen]]
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The '''Pool Forge Covered Bridge''' is a [[covered bridge]] that spans the [[Conestoga River]] in [[Lancaster County, Pennsylvania|Lancaster County]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[United States]].  The [[bridge]] is now on private property where it was once used as a storage barn before the owner added a road to receive vehicle traffic.

The bridge has a single span, wooden, double [[Burr arch truss]]es design with the addition of steel hanger rods.  It is painted entirely red, the traditional color of [[List of Lancaster County covered bridges|Lancaster County covered bridges]] on the outside.  The inside of the bridge is not painted.  Both approaches to the bridge are painted in red without any of the traditional white paint.

The bridge's [[World Guide to Covered Bridges|WGCB]] Number is 38-36-01.  Added in 1980, it is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] as structure number 80003510.<ref name="register">{{cite web
  | title = PENNSYLVANIA  - Lancaster County
  | work = National Register of Historic Places
  | url = http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/PA/Lancaster/state4.html
  | accessdate = 2007-03-20}}</ref>  It is located at {{coord|40|7|46.8|N|75|58|36.6|W|type:city}} (40.12967, -75.97683).<ref name="Travis">{{cite web
  | author = Travis, Dale 
  | title = 38-36-12
  | work = Round Barns & Covered Bridges
  | date = 
  | url = http://www.dalejtravis.com/bridge/pennsylv/htm/3803601.htm
  | accessdate = 2006-08-08 }}</ref>

It is included in the [[Poole Forge]] historic district as a contributing structure.<ref name="arch">{{cite web| url = https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| title = National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania| publisher = CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System| format = Searchable database}} ''Note:'' This includes {{cite web| url = {{NRHP-PA|H070881_01H.pdf}}| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Poole Forge| accessdate = 2012-02-18| author = Joan Fleckenstein| format = PDF| date= November 1992}}</ref>